Dayton Aeronautical Students Are Flying High

Air Traffic Control SimulationThey have made excellent use of their MP521 Engineering Flight Simulator, and have been successfully designing aircraft models – so much so that UD teams won Merlin’s IT FLIES Aircraft Design and Handling Competition in the UK in June 2011 following their podium topping performance in the inaugural US version in April at Dayton.

This latest addition to their simulation laboratory will enable students to appreciate not only the vital position of the Air Traffic Controller, but the need to design aircraft which have good handling qualities on critical phases of flight.

During take off, approach and landing the pilots’ workload increases dramatically, and using the Air Traffic Control equipment, students can more easily empathize with these situations, and form opinions on their designs in direct relation to their collated data.